By News Source Guyana on March 17, 2015
Elections
As Assistant Police Commissioner, Paul Slowe was considered one of the most disciplined and professional senior officers to have ever served in the Guyana Police Force. He retired from the Force in 2010 after giving service for 37 years. Today, the retired Assistant Commissioner of Police serves as the Security Manager for the West Indies Cricket […]
By News Source Guyana on March 17, 2015
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News
Just two weeks after a Guyanese singer was busted after he arrived in New York to uplift a cocaine shipment that he had reportedly sent with a US Citizen, another Guyanese man linked to the music industry has found himself behind bars after being busted at the JFK Airport with cocaine. Guyanese music manager Homer […]
By News Source Guyana on March 17, 2015
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Elections
Kurt Campbell reports… While addressing members of the local business community on Tuesday, APNU+AFC Presidential Candidate David Granger harshly criticized the 22 – year – old People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP) administration for its “mismanagement” of the country’s natural resources and its “unacceptable” efforts to transform the developing nation into a world class economy. Granger said […]
By News Source Guyana on March 16, 2015
Elections
The governing People’s Progressive Party Civic PPP/C on Monday disclosed that it was recently made aware that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) may have come up short in some regions in its quest to hire polling day staff. While there has been no official word from the elections body, the ruling Party is maintaining that […]
By News Source Guyana on March 16, 2015
News
Unions representing the interest of workers at the University of Guyana have threatened to resume strike action which had crippled teaching activities at the Tain and Turkeyen campuses for almost two months. In a press statement on Monday, the unions complained that the negotiations in which increased salaries and better working conditions are being sought, […]
By News Source Guyana on March 16, 2015
Politics
The only daughter of late Guyanese President Dr. Cheddi Jagan has expressed her extreme disappointment that former President Bharrat Jagdeo “would try to compare his lifestyle to that of my parents, former Presidents Dr. Cheddi Jagan and Mrs. Janet Jagan, and defend his opulent lifestyle by pathetically claiming that my parents also lived in a […]
By News Source Guyana on March 15, 2015
Elections
Taking the stage to Bob Marley’s iconic “One Love” reggae hit, Prime Ministerial Candidate for the APNU+AFC coalition, Moses Nagamootoo told the coalition’s Unity Rally at Linden that a government of national unity is the way to move Guyana forward. Mr. Nagamootoo who was a 50-year member of the governing People’s Progressive Party before leaving […]
By News Source Guyana on March 15, 2015
Elections
Kurt Campbell reports… The APNU+AFC coalition kicked off its campaign unity rallies on Saturday night in the mining town of Linden with a warning to all the people of Guyana to be watchful for “the rulers of darkness” who have resurfaced at this sensitive time to challenge the coalition’s message of change and unity. Presidential Candidate […]
By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2015
Caribbean & International
The United States government has been informed of Venezuela’s continuing objections to the exploration activities of US oil company Exxon Mobil in the Guyana waters. Charge d’ Affaires at the US Embassy in Georgetown, Bryan Hunt on Thursday confirmed that the US government through the embassy has been informed of the objections of Venezuela. He […]
By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2015
Politics
Opposition Leader David Granger on Friday challenged the legality of the recent confirmation of Seelall Persaud as the substantive Commissioner of Police by President Donald Ramotar. According to Granger, he was not consulted in keeping with provisions laid out in Article 2: 12 of the Guyana Constitution. He inferred that Tuesday’s swearing in ceremony was […]